A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c62.215

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389 Three varieties are distinguished, in which the skin (tvac) is respectively devoid of hair (alomikā), full of nodules (granthimati), or covered with ulcers (vraṇasamyuktā). 390 A synonym of muṣkaroga is aṇḍaskaṇḍa; five varieties are described: vātāṇḍa, pittāṇḍa, śleṣmāṇḍa, pūtāṇḍa, and raktāṇḍa. Gaṇa's Sārasamgraha describes disease aṇḍaskanna, aṇḍacāli, pittāṇḍa, kaphāṇḍa, pūyāṇḍa, and raktāṇḍa. 391 A disease in which the stallion is unable to serve a mare. Gaṇa's Sārasamgraha describes a disease called unnita. 392 The same eight types as in human medicine are described. 393 A disease in which the ears and tail are stiff (stabdha). A disease of the same name occurs in elephants. 394 The diseases distinguished and described are: manyāstambha, manyācāli, hanugraha, pṛṣṭhagraha, ekāṅgaroga, mṛgajṛmbha, ākṣepaka, kapotakaniṣāda, and ardita. Unknown in human medicine are manyācāli (it resembles manyāstambha, but the horse's neck quivers), mṛgaroga (here described as a disease in which the horse sweats and is easily alarmed), mṛgajṛmbha (mṛgaroga accompanied by much yawning), and kapotakaniṣāda (a disease in which the horse prefers to lie down). 395 Doṣic types are described. 396 The following grahas are mentioned: Lohitākṣa, Virūpākṣa, Kāśin, Saṃkāśin, Susamsthita, Kaubera, Vaiśākha, Mṛdugraha, Ūrdhvagraha, Varuna, Bṛhaspati, Soma, and Sūrya. 397 Consumption; doṣic types are described. 398 It resembles the human fever called vātabalāsaka, but it is not described as a fever. Vātabalāsaka is also described in Gaṇa's Sārasamgraha. 399 Disorders due to an excess of particular substances in the food (lavaṇa-, dhānya-, surā-, and kṣīravyāpad). 400 A disease with discoloration and swelling of the belly; it is also called añjalikārikā and gaṅgāpataṅga. Añjalikārikā is also described in Gaṇa's Sārasamgraha. 401 Compare on the contents of Jayadatta's work: STMI 539; M. Vallauri (1921). 402 See, e.g., the chapters on diseases of the head, cough, siṃhānaka, fever, diarrhoea. Types caused by blood are also described; see, e.g., diseases of the head and diseases of the ears. 403 See 7.41 for a mantra addressed to Raivanta. 404 See 3.9, 28, 98 and 182; 4.1; 5.2; 8.1; 23.1; 39.5; 61.8. 405 See R.C. Majumdar (1971): 255: the Rājamārtaṇḍa quotes passages from Jayadatta's Vājikitsāsaṃgraha. 406 Viramitrodaya, Lakṣaṇaprakāśa, aśvalakṣaṇaprakaraṇa, p.415–417, 435–436, 438–439, 441–443, 444–448, 453–454, 470–476, 489–490. 407 See NCC VII, 175 and Cat. Berlin Nr. 941. An Aśvavaidya, quoted by Śrīdāsapaṇḍita (ad A.h.Sü.1.9cd-10), and an Aśvavaidyaka, quoted by Niścala (ad Cakradatta, vātavyādhi 117–126), may be Jayadatta's or Śālihotra's treatise. 408 See P.K. Gode (1946d1), (1946e), (1946f), (1946g), (1947b). 409 STMI 539; the arguments are: the date of the IO MS and the mention of opium in the text. J. Jolly also claims that opium is prescribed (1901: 14; C.G. Kashikar 18). I did not come across opium in ed. b. 410 A.-M. Blondeau (1972): 48; this author is of the opinion that Jayadatta's work is based on the Sanskrit original of the Tibetan version of Śālihotra's Aśvāyurveda. 411 M. Vallauri (1921): 6.